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1. News - China

   Street protest after Anhui police bust pyramid scheme

   Posted Apr 29th 2013, 05:16pm by Patrick Boehler

   ... News China Comment Blogs China Ponzi Scheme Anhui Hefei Patrick Boehler Hundreds people involved in a pyramid scheme in Anhui blocked a road in Hefei, the provincial capital, to protest against a police crackdown on the scheme's operators, fearing the loss of their investment. For three hours, some 300 people blocked a road and shouted insults at policemen and urban ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226012/street-protest-after-anhui-police-bust-pyramid-scheme
2. Help urged for poor flat buyers

   Posted Jun 14th 2008, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Politics Ponzi Scheme Ng Kang-chung Some Housing Authority members are pushing for a relaunch of the Home Ownership Scheme, to build flats for sale to the less well-off in the wake of surging property prices. The subsidised housing scheme was scrapped in 2002 amid pressure from private developers. But at a special meeting of the authority yesterday, some members warned ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/641494/help-urged-poor-flat-buyers
3. Organiser takes leaf from Bernie Madoff's book to raise money for charity

   Posted May 14th 2010, 12:00am by Yvonne Lai

   ... Human Interest Pyramid Scheme Ponzi Scheme Charles Ponzi Confidence Tricksters Yvonne Lai Suck it up, Bernie Madoff: the good people of Hong Kong are turning your fraudulent scheme on its heels for a good cause. Led by fund-raiser Catherine LaJeunesse (pictured with husband Andre), five charitable Hongkongers kick off the city's first legal ponzi scheme this afternoon ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/714291/organiser-takes-leaf-bernie-madoffs-book-raise-money-charity
4. More than dozen HK firms on victims list

   Posted Feb 06th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... confessing to his sons that he had bilked investors in what the United States authorities say may be the largest Ponzi scheme ever. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/669000/more-dozen-hk-firms-victims-list
5. 2b yuan 'Ponzi' bank scam exposed

   Posted Sep 28th 2011, 12:00am

   ... moneylender in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is being held for manipulating state-owned banks and staff to funnel people's money into her accounts in a multibillion-yuan Ponzi-type scheme ...

   http://beta.scmp.com/article/980301/2b-yuan-ponzi-bank-scam-exposed
6. News - Asia - PHILIPPINES

   Revenge attacks in southern Philippines over Ponzi scheme

   Posted Nov 17th 2012, 12:00am by Bloomberg in Manila

   ... News Asia Mindanao Ponzi Scheme Crime Murder Arson Philippines Bloomberg in Manila Fraud suspect reported killed after homes of manager's relatives burned The Philippines is monitoring incidents of revenge violence in southern provinces where a 12 billion peso (HK$2.25 billion) Ponzi scheme may have duped at least 15,000 people. One of the fraud suspects was yesterday ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1084281/revenge-attacks-southern-philippines-over-ponzi-scheme
7. Pyramid schemes

   Posted Jan 05th 2009, 12:00am by Staff Reporter

   ... Social Issues Pyramid Scheme Ponzi Scheme Charles Ponzi Social Issues Business A Ponzi scheme is often mistaken for another type of white-collar crime - the pyramid scheme. However, there is a basic difference. In a pyramid scheme, an investor pays the organiser a sum of money, and is then promised a commission if they recruit more investors. Thus every member benefits from ...

   http://www.scmp.com/article/665911/pyramid-schemes
8. Comment - Letters

   Letters to the Editor, February 22, 2013

   Posted Feb 22nd 2013, 12:00am by CORRESPONDENTS

   ... it runs a Ponzi scheme, while Bill Ackman's basic questions and allegations remain unanswered. This news should be made known to readers because many network marketing firms today prey ...

   http://www.scmp.com/comment/letters/article/1155725/letters-editor-february-22-2013
9. Business - Comment - LAI SEE HOWARD WINN

   Hard to take the Economic Freedom index seriously

   Posted Jan 11th 2013, 12:00am by Howard Winn

   ... of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme. Some 100 mainland companies have been de-listed or left the Nasdaq and the NYSE, though not all have been involved in wrongdoing. The SEC opened some 40 cases ...

   http://www.scmp.com/business/article/1125003/hard-take-economic-freedom-index-seriously
10. Business - China Business - BANKING

    Huaxia scandal spotlights China's Ponzi crisis

    Posted Dec 10th 2012, 12:00am by Daniel Ren

    ... their multimillion-yuan investments in a "wealth management product" (WMP) sold at a Shanghai branch of Huaxia Bank. The sorry saga was a rude reminder that Ponzi schemes thrive on the mainland, where ...

    http://www.scmp.com/business/china-business/article/1101536/huaxia-scandal-spotlights-chinas-ponzi-crisis

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